Gompholobium aristatum
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| Gompholobium aristatum | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Gompholobium |
| Species: | G. aristatum |
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| Gompholobium aristatum | |
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Gompholobium aristatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 10–80 cm (3.9–31.5 in). It flowers between July and December producing yellow, pea-like flowers.[2] This species was first formally described in 1837 by George Bentham in Stephan Endlicher's Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hügel from specimens collected in the Swan River Colony.[3][4] The specific epithet (aristatum) means "awned", referring to the leaves.[5]
Gompholobium aristatum grows on sandplains and in winter-wet depressions in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[2]